Oswaldo Salas
# Oswaldo Salas

Jorge Oswaldo Salas Williams (born November 3, 1962) is a Peruvian film, TV and theater actor.

## Early life

Salas was born in Lima, Perú. Before dedicating himself to acting, he studied at the University of Lima where he obtained a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering.

## Career

He studied dramatic art at the Club de Teatro of Lima and several acting workshops.

His career as an actor began in the theater in 1990 with his group "Comunicando" that released several works. The most praised by both the public and the critics was Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, directed by Ruth Escudero. This work was named one of the five best plays premiered in Lima in 1994. It was re-released in 1995 with the same success.

His TV debut was in the 2008 successful Peruvian series "Sally, la Muñequita del Pueblo" in which he starred in the secondary role of "Pepito." In 2013 he starred in the episode "Morir por un ideal" in the Peruvian series "Historias detrás de la muerte". In 2017 he performed in the miniseries "Santa Rosa de Lima", a Peruvian co-production with the cable television network EWTN in his first antagonistic role of priest-prosecutor Francisco Verdugo.

His first film appearance was in the Peruvian film "Vidas Paralelas" in 2008.

In 2009, along with three other Peruvian actors, he provided the voices for the award-winning animated Peruvian-Argentinean film Rodencia y el Diente de la Princesa (A Mouse Tale) by David Bisbano. In 2010 he traveled to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to perform the final dubbing of the three voices (Blue the Wizard, General Rat and Edam Grandfather). He was the only Peruvian actor, whose voices were heard in the film.

In 2011, he performed in the Peruvian feature film "La Casa Rosada" by director Palito Ortega Matute. The film was finally released in 2018. Its success was hailed by audiences as well as critics.

In 2012 he worked in the multi-award-winning Peruvian film Extirpador de Idolatrías (Extirpator of Idolatries) by Manuel Siles, in which he performed the main character, police detective Waldo Mamani. In this role he won the Best Actor Award at Encuentro Mundial de Cine, in Denver, United States and at CinemAvvenire Film Festival in Rome, Italy in 2014. After the premiere in Peru in 2016, the film critic Sebastián Pimentel, from El Comercio newspaper, praised his performance with the words: "the great Oswaldo Salas". In late 2016, he was nominated by the same newspaper for Best Film Actor at Premios Luces.

In Colombia, in 2015 he starred in one of the stories of the Colombian feature film "Los Suicidios de Sara" by director Miguel Urrutia. In Peru he starred in the short film "Sonata Para un Calendario" by director Carmenrosa Vargas. The film was shown in numerous international film festivals.

In 2016 he performed in "Vivir Ilesos", the second feature film by director Manuel Siles, which premiere in Peru was on October 31, 2019.

In 2017 for the first time he was offered the role as antagonist in a film in the short film "Monstruo" by director Macarena Sturmo.

In 2018 he starred in the short film Pisahueco (Holestepper) by director Sergio Fernández Muñoz, which won in 2019 the National Short Film Contest of the Audiovisual, Phonography and New Media Department (DAFO) of the Ministry of Culture of Peru. In the evaluation report of the jury they praise his performance: "he provides an outstanding performance". He is nominated for Best Actor of the Month in January 2020 at the 12 Months Film Festival in Romania and wins the Award for Best Acting Performance in Short Film at the Košice International Monthly Film Festival in Slovakia in April 2020, the Best Actor Award at the Monthly Indie Shorts in June 2020 and more than a dozen awards at other international film festivals.

He is selected to be the first Pan American Torch Bearer of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games on the stretch of the city of Ica.

He is invited to be a member of the Jury of the International Competition at the León International Film Festival, Guanajuato, Mexico, to be held in November 2020.

## Filmography

### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Vidas Paralelas | Judge | Rocío Lladó | |
| 2011 | La Casa Rosada | Chato | Palito Ortega Matute | |
| 2012 | Rodencia y el Diente de la Princesa | Blue the Wizard, General Rat, old Edam | David Bisbano | The English dubbed version is called A Mouse Tale |
| 2014 | La Amante del Libertador | Voice-off | Rocío Lladó | |
| 2015 | Los Suicidios de Sara | Damian | Miguel Urrutia | |
| 2016 | Extirpator of Idolatries | Waldo Mamani | Manuel Siles | |
| 2016 | Sonata for a Calendar | Alfonso | Carmenrosa Vargas | Short film |
| 2017 | Monstruo | Ulderico | Macarena Sturmo | Short film |
| 2018 | Holestepper | Angel | Sergio Fernández Muñoz | Short film |
| 2019 | Fe | Dad | Terom | |
| 2019 | Vivir Ilesos | Real estate businessman | Manuel Siles | |
| 2020 | Monstruos | Buyer | Diego Mezarina | Short film |
| 2020 | El Tiempo y el Silencio | | Alonso Izaguirre | |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2008 | Sally, la Muñequita del Pueblo | Pepito | Miniseries |
| 2009 | Clave Uno: Médicos en Alerta | Antonio | Series. Season 2 |
| 2010 | Leoncio Prado | Anibal Fuenzalida | Documentary |
| 2011 | Yo no me llamo Natacha | Miner | Miniseries. Season 1 |
| 2012 | Solamente Milagros | Doctor | Miniseries. Episode: Positive Girl |
| 2013 | Historias detrás de la muerte | Felix Vargas Contreras | Series. Episode 22: Die for an Ideal |
| 2017 | Santa Rosa de Lima | Francisco Verdugo | Miniseries. Peruvian coproduction with EWTN |
| 2020 | Chapa tu combi | Dr. Daniel Blanco | Miniseries. |

### Videoclip

| Year | Title | Performer | Role | Director |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | Happy from Lima | Pharrell Williams | Himself (dancing) | Eric Miller |
| 2017 | Crónicas de un asesino | Mauricio Pappi | Mafia boss | Andre Portella |
| 2020 | Millenial | Vilchez Huamán | Parishioner | Sergio Fernández Muñoz |

## Theater

| Year | Title | Author | Role | Director | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1991 | The Antiquarian's Family | Carlo Goldoni | Brighella | Gerardo Angulo | |
| 1991 | El Alcalde Vanidoso | Lucy Mujica | Servant | Lucy Mujica | Based on The Emperor’s New Clothes |
| 1992 | Sinfonía de dos Brujitas | Lucy Mujica | Old puppeteer | Lucy Mujica | |
| 1992 | Bis… ¿Otra Vez? | Collective work | Pedro | Gerardo Angulo | |
| 1993 | El indio macho | | Indian | Antonio Arrué | |
| 1993 | Farsa y Justicia del Señor Corregidor | Alejandro Casona | Baker | Duilio Salinas | |
| 1993 | Georges Dandin or the Confounded Husband | Molière | Lubin | Gerardo Angulo | |
| 1994 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Ragueneau | Ruth Escudero | |
| 1995 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Edmond Rostand | Ragueneau | Ruth Escudero | Rerun |
| 2001 | Bis… ¿Otra Vez? | Collective work | Benito | Gerardo Angulo | New version |
| 2007 | La Mancha del Quijote | Gerardo Angulo | Master Pedro | Gerardo Angulo | Based on Don Quixote |
| 2008 | La Mancha del Quijote | Gerardo Angulo | Master Pedro | Gerardo Angulo | Rerun |

## Awards and nominations

| Year | Award | Country | Category | Work | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014 | CinemAvvenire Film Festival | Italy | Best Actor | Extirpator of Idolatries | Won |
| 2014 | Encuentro Mundial de Cine | United States | Best Actor | Extirpator of Idolatries | Won |
| 2016 | Premio Luces de El Comercio | Peru | Best Film Actor | Extirpator of Idolatries | Nominated |
| 2020 | 12 Months Film Festival | Romania | Best Actor of the Month | Holestepper | Nominated |
| 2020 | Košice International Monthly Film Festival | Slovakia | Best Acting Performance in Short Film | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Košice International Monthly Film Festival | Slovakia | Best Actor Feature Film | Extirpator of Idolatries | Won |
| 2020 | Prague International Monthly Film Festival (PIMFF) | Czech Republic | Best Actor Short Film | Holestepper | Finalist |
| 2020 | Prague International Monthly Film Festival (PIMFF) | Czech Republic | Best Actor Feature Film | Extirpator of Idolatries | Finalist |
| 2020 | Indie Shorts Film Festival | United States | Best Actor | Holestepper | Finalist |
| 2020 | Monthly Indie Shorts | | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | VIP Film Festival | Italy | Honorable Mention for Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Madras Independent Film Festival | India | Outstanding Actor Award | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival | United Kingdom | Best Lead Actor Short Film | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Halicarnassus Film Festival | Turkey | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Halicarnassus Film Festival | Turkey | Best Actor | Sonata for a Calendar | Won |
| 2020 | BIMIFF - Brazil International Monthly Independent Film Festival | Brazil | Best Actor of International Medium-Length Film | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Eastern Europe Film Festival | Romania | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Accord Cine Fest | | Best Actor Short | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Kismet Virtual Film Festival | United States | Best Performance | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Festival del Cortometraje Peruano | Peru | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Luminous Frames Indie Festival | Denmark | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Bucharest ShortCut Cinefest | Romania | Best Actor | Holestepper | Nominated |
| 2020 | GIMFA - Gralha International Monthly Film Awards | Brazil | Best Actor of Short Film | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | 1st Monthly Film Festival | Serbia | Best Actor Short Film | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Film In Focus International Film Festival | Romania | Best Actor | Holestepper | Nominated |
| 2020 | New Wave Short Film Festival | Germany | Best Actor | Holestepper | Won |
| 2020 | Under The Stars International Film Festival | Italy | Best Actor | Sonata for a Calendar | Nominated |
| 2020 | Pure Magic International Film Festival | Netherlands | The Honor Award (to the director, cast and crew) | Holestepper | Won |
